Evening status: Intense but not debilitating headache; feet hurt from this
morning's pre-op (more on that tomorrow); belly pleasantly full of sushi
from down the street, at Sushi Tei, the closest and an alright venue of this
type: small, but good fish; with jolly chef, and the ambience ain't bad.
Listening to that "One Step Beyond" guy (Dave Emory) on KFJC
last night, he summed up nicely the feelings I share about what he calls
"Zippergate" - it's all a distraction engineered by the virulent right-wing
(which he characterizes as being in league with this country's entrenched
national security establishment, which in turn have connections to
international fascists - he implies that JFK also ran afoul of them). Large,
important events under way out in the real world will affect us all; yet our
mainstream media positively shouts about this so-called "scandal", and nothing
else. (Sexual harassment? If so, how come Monica Lewinski isn't pressing
charges? Infidelity? Why isn't the First Lady complaining?) New evidence
daily, etc. For the (rare) contrary viewpoint read Salon - here's just a
few of their excellent articles on this topic:
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How
the deep and twisted roots of Kenneth Starr's Clinton inquisition stretch back to
the dark corners of the 1992 presidential campaign.
Starr Comstockery
"Let us prey" - the Jerry Falwell connection
Saw "The Great Lebowski" yesterday - some pleasant fluff from the Coen
Bros - Jeff Bridges' character ("The Dude") as well as John Goodman's were
quite amusing (although the story, upon examination, seems like The Little
Man Upon The Stair <1>.)
Good soundtrack, too. Three previews, none of them annoying: "Lost In
Space" (which looks like The Good Stuff), Jackie Chan with terrific
stunts in a comedy - "Mr. Nice Guy", and one that left me with a deep
sense of nostalgic melancholy, which lingers still - "The Last Days Of
Disco". Although I thought the "look" of the twenty-something actors &
actresses was way off from the reality of those days, they sure were
good times, in retrospect - and the preview <2>
seemed to capture the correct Zeitgeist.
